Fixed Income Market Structure Advisory Committee — ETFs and Bond Funds Subcommittee

Summary Minutes of March 28, 2018, Call

The ETFs and Bond Funds Subcommittee held a call on March 28, 2018. The call convened at approximately 11:15 a.m. Eastern. The following Subcommittee members were on the call:

  • Ananth Madhavan
  • Lynn Martin
  • Kumar Venkataraman
  • Michael Heaney

The following staff from the Division of Trading and Markets joined the call:

  • David Dimitrious
  • Thomas Eady
  • Emerald Greywoode
  • Benjamin Bernstein

The following staff from the Division of Investment Management joined the call:

  • Paul Cellupica

The following staff from the Office of the Investor Advocate joined the call:

  • Rick Fleming

The following staff from the Office of Municipal Securities joined the call:

  • Benjamin Tecmire

The following staff from the Division of Economic and Risk Analysis also joined the call:

  • Diana Knyazeva
  • Mike Anderson

The main purpose of the call was to discuss the Subcommittee's portion of the upcoming Committee meeting scheduled for April 9, 2018. In particular, the discussion concerned hosting two panels to expound on the topics the Subcommittee has been discussing concerning the role of fixed income ETFs in the bond market and retail investor disclosure and education. The Subcommittee members will recommend additional panelists to attend the meeting.

The call concluded at approximately 11:45 a.m. Eastern.